"ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE" AT HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Matthew Chai, Kailee Chow and Skyler Kao, all swimmers at Fullerton Aquatics Sports Team (FAST), each won the 500-yard freestyle in their divisions at the CIF Southern Section Championships on May 7. The following weekend, Chai won the event at the statewide championships in Fresno.

At the Southern Section Championships, Chai set a CIF DII record of 4:15.91, breaking the 39-year-old record set by Jeff Kostoff in 1983. At the California championships on May 14, Chai won the 500-yard freestyle and set a state record with a time of 4:15.09. This swim was also the fifth-fastest swim ever by an American in high school.

Kailee Chow won the 500-yard freestyle at the Southern Section DII meet with a time of 4:58.32 and was 14th in the state meet the following weekend with a time of 4:57.76. Skyler Kao won the 500-yard freestyle at the Southern Section DIII meet on May 7 with a time of 4:34.24 and was 22nd in the state meet on May 14 with a time of 4:34.27.  

Chai is a senior at Sonora High School and plans to attend Cal-Berkeley in the fall. Chow and Kao are seniors at Sunny Hills High School. Chow plans to go to the University of Hawaii-Honolulu and Kao will attend UC-San Diego in the fall.